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(In)equality and (in)justice
Jasso, Guillermina - 2016
Understanding the exact connection between inequality and justice is important because justice is classically regarded … justice, the sense of justice would not awaken to exert its moral suasion, no matter how great the inequality or how fast its … increase. We obtain exact links between economic inequality and three parameters of the justice evaluation distribution …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521090
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Transparency, inequity aversion, and the dynamics of peer pressure in teams : theory and evidence
Mohnen, Alwine (contributor); Pokorny, Kathrin (contributor) - 2008
We provide an explanation for peer pressure in teams based on inequity aversion. Analyzing a two-period model with two agents, we find that the effect of inequity aversion strongly depends on the information structure. When contributions are unobservable, agents act as if they were purely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652683
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Other-regarding preferences and performance pay : an experiment on incentives and sorting
Eriksson, Tor (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002115447
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Search and offshoring in the presence of "animal spirits"
Mitra, Devashish; Ranjan, Priya - 2009
In this paper, we introduce two sources of unemployment in a two-factor general equilibrium model: search frictions and fairness considerations. We find that a binding fair-wage constraint increases the unskilled unemployment rate and can at the same time lead to a higher unemployment rate for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003831919
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A behavioral account of the labor market : the role of fairness concerns
Fehr, Ernst (contributor); Götte, Lorenz (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper, we argue that important labor market phenomena can be better understood if one takes (i) the inherent incompleteness and relational nature of most employment contracts and (ii) the existence of reference-dependent fairness concerns among a substantial share of the population into...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793473
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Gift exchange and workers' fairness concerns : when equality is unfair
Abeler, Johannes; Altmann, Steffen; Kube, Sebastian; … - 2009
We study how different payment modes influence the effectiveness of gift exchange as a contract enforcement device. In particular, we analyze how horizontal fairness concerns affect performance and efficiency in an environment characterized by contractual incompleteness. In our experiment, one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003863658
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The political economy of conscription
Poutvaara, Panu; Wagener, Andreas - 2009
Though in decline recently, military conscription is still a widely used mode of staffing armies. Since not many valid economic, social or military arguments in favor of the draft can be put forward, the question emerges why societies choose to rely on it. In this survey we explain the political...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003899795
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Theoretical unification in justice and beyond
Jasso, Guillermina (contributor) - 2007
examines a series of twenty-one unification surprises in the study of justice and beyond, sixteen in the study of justice and … five in the unification of three fundamental sociobehavioral forces -- justice, status, and power -- and the subsequent …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003460687
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Equity and equality
Duclos, Jean-Yves (contributor) - 2006
thought and that it requires advanced notions of justice and wellbeing. The most likely ethical basis for HE appears to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003467009
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Identity, cooperation, and punishment
McLeish, Kendra N. (contributor);  … - 2007
"Among economists, there is increased recognition of the role individuals' identities play in decision-making. In this paper, we conduct laboratory experiments in which we explore the motivations for and the effects of group identity. We find that negative out-group opinion (acting as an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003446800